On a serious note, when I do make a mistake, I make sure everybody knows it.

It ensures those more junior know it’s ok to fuck up. But I will also write up a short summary/post mortem so everybody can learn from my mistake.

Seeing how teams handle mistakes is a good indicator of culture.

I’m aware I’m turning a joke into a serious discussion, so I’ll just shut up now.

As a developer with over a decades experience, I can assure you I contribute my fair share of fuck ups.

Nobody is immune to mistakes, regardless of level.

I don’t have enough desire to check, but I’d assume they are encrypted AND salted so it’s not as easy as the top comment makes out.

If an instance was hacked, the hackers would get a hash and a salt. They’d still have to figure out what plaintext password + salt = hash.

use unique passwords with every account, everywhere.

This is the way.